Sentences with phrase «add up to something»

Those nothings really do add up to something memorable, don't they!

They're things you might never even notice or name, but the small things add up to something important.

To the naked eye, these increases in performance may seem negligible, but when applied to the scenario of professionals who might find themselves running these kinds of applications on a day - to - day basis, the amount of waiting time saved by going with DDR4 could actually start to add up to something significant.

Even when you add together the negatives like an average camera, Verizon's annoying bloatware, and Lenovo's poor track record with software updates, the Moto Z Play's affordable price, zippy performance, and unbelievable battery life still add up to something very compelling.

Instead, the Go — available for $ 80 or # 50 (equivalent to AU$ 100)-- is a cute little fitness button that doesn't quite add up to something I'd want wear.

The problem with CO2 is that so many people are contributing small amounts and they add up to something huge.

But your small efforts really do add up to something bigger, such as increasing demand for green products and services, which also creates more green jobs.

If the commitments from developed countries add up to something significant, then there might be an agreement at Copenhagen.

That's why we believe the best solution is a humble approach combining small solutions that add up to something huge.

But what's striking in the galleries is that gifts and purchases made over a longer period are beginning to add up to something more than the sum of its parts.

We didn't know that it would add up to something — that the cumulative effect of keeping up the pressure makes the whole of the work more than the sum of its parts.

The fourth installment of L.A. Louver Gallery's biannual summer exhibition «Rogue Wave» 09: 10 Artists From Los Angeles» neither shoehorns art into a tidy, preconceived theme nor pretends that its diverse works don't add up to something greater than their sum.

All this might add up to something were it exhibited differently: the Tate's standard issue white walls and polished floorboards render it all rather inert.

I also have been making paintings in a range of bright colors that add up to something like a bizarre set

Though these lands have been colonized and re-colonized, contaminated and industrialized by petrochemical industries, Vicuña seems to signal a way through all the madness of the Occident: a path of survival, a series of gestures that add up to something much larger than one person or one exhibition.

These small changes began to add up to something remarkable.

Wildlife enthusiasts will love this Valley — world class bird watching, bighorn sheep on Radium's main street, whitetail and mule deer wandering Invermere's downtown, black and grizzly bears in the backcountry, wild turkeys in farmer's fields all add up to something for everyone to see and discover.

Knowing that all of the work you are doing now, and the little choices that you make each day to save money or cut expenses will add up to something you really want, will make budgeting worthwhile in the short term.

You can also diversify your income and while most income streams will start out with humble beginnings they'll grow over time and add up to something significant.

All of the active managers out there add up to something close to a passive benchmark, less fees.

If you have young children these small amounts can add up to something big by the time your child is ready to head off to college.

A bunch of $ 5 investments can add up to something big.

And once again, all these small amounts can add up to something amazing.

Blog ideas add up to something.

I don't really think so, although even a small percentage if there are tons of iPads out there could add up to something.

If she kept at it, chipping away at weak links... it might add up to something.»

These add up to something he likes to call the E-Score:

It's a film with ideas, some of which are interesting, though the whole of them fails to add up to something either entertaining or remarkable.

The improbable success story of Thornton and «Sling Blade» is told and retold in the generous - to - a-fault extras, which add up to something like seven hours.

It doesn't all add up to something satisfying but it has enough going for it not to warrant the hasty dismissal that some of Coppola's other recent movies have.

His blank gaze, stiff gait and disjointed speech add up to something both tragic and repugnant.

But it doesn't complement anything or add up to something special.

The Great Beauty surrounds Jep with a wealth of characters and scenarios that might seem minor or unrelated, but which flesh out the world of this lead and add up to something bigger.

That of course pushes into more casual play too — from button mashing to mid-tier online play it seems like the systems add up to something special, and I'll go ahead and say it: I think the systems here are could well be streets ahead of MVC3.

The games who take the best of their single - player content and use multiplayer as a unique test of those skills can actually add up to something more interesting than it might otherwise be.

This finale perfectly illustrates where the series lets me down: it has fun ideas that just do not add up to something funny.

Like so many of the embellishments wrought by director Rian Johnson and DP Steve Yedlin, who oversaw the HDR pass together, it's subtle, but these minor tweaks add up to something special.

This might have a title that grabs your attention and a tad more polish than your typical Syfy original movie, but it is just as much of a wreck as those are, running into creative ceilings and shoestring budget restrictions that add up to something artificial, jumbled, and incoherent.

The beauty of the landscape and the violence of its human inhabitants are evidently supposed, in their respective extremities, to add up to something.

Important subject matter, a winning lead performance, and technical excellence somehow add up to something dull and unemotional.

Norman Jewison usually is a commanding storyteller, but In Country is a film with two stories that fail to add up to something greater.

A study from the University of Utah shows that all those little bits and pieces of exercise you do throughout the day can add up to something big.

While they're great sources of fat, nuts and seeds contain small amounts of carbohydrate that can easily add up to something significant because they're fairly easy to overeat (how many times have you absent - mindedly killed a jar of almond butter or a bag of pistachios?).

«These little actions really add up to something that has value.»

They may look familiar, but «don't add up to something immediately recognisable», Pepperell says.

Like most scientists, a winemaker spends a lot of time obsessing over small details in the hopes that in the end they'll add up to something great.

«I hope all these little things add up to something material, but it doesn't seem like the comprehensive plan for jobs and growth that the country needs,» said Rachel Reeves, Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury.

In October 2008, Cisco launched One Million Acts of Green in Canada to show that individual, organizational, and community acts of green add up to something significant.

Over the longer haul hope invests itself strongly in winning the game, getting the job, shortening the war, and achieving economic justice only if these seem to add up to something enduring.

I believe there is something from everything that can add up to something that is valuable in life.